More than 40 cents

March 16, 2012

The rise, per gallon, in the price of gas in Maryland since January when Gov. Martin O' Malley first proposed increasing the state's gas tax. As the cost of gas has gone up, the support for his proposal has gone down.

One of the three California "sanctuary" laws the U.S. Department of Justice is fighting in court. It restricts state and local police and jail officials' cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, and other states and localities throughout the country have a similar law.

Increase in new houses built in wildfire-prone areas in Southern California between 1990 and 2000. That's double the U.S. housing growth rate during that time. Last year, wildfires in the state killed almost 50 people and destroyed more than 10,000 structures.

Range of premium increases that states could see in the next three years, according to California's insurance exchange, as the market responds to health care changes made by the Trump administration and Congress.